How has Shylock changed over the course of the play?

In Shakespeares Merchant of Venice Shylock has been involved in many emotional situations during the play which makes him act in particular manner, due to this Shakespeare made Shylock constantly change the way in which he is affected by those emotions and the idea of him being a villain or a victim is constantly played out throughout the play. Shakespeare made it important that Shylock was interpreted in different ways as he is such a complex character and one main theme was that he was viewed as was a villain because of his callous thinking towards the other characters; however the main aim of his hatred was towards the Christians. Shylocks grudge on Christians goes back way before the play as he speaks of an ancient grudge when he first appears stressing the fact that he will forever hate Christians and most specifically Antonio ,which is proleptic of the fact that Shylock asks for a pound of flesh to be the forfeit of the bond as a way to feed fat the ancient grudge I bear him and act as a lawful way to get revenge and the use of Alliteration and personification shows quite literally how influential that grudge has been on Shylocks life. Furthermore Shylock makes it blatantly obvious that he hates Christians in the play as he openly states I hate him for he is a Christian and he speaks in prose which can indicate a villainous side though this consecutive use of alliteration on the h shows the audience Shylocks intense and threatening animosity towards Christians which include Antonio. On the other Hand Shylock can be viewed as a victim as there are various turning points during the play where you see Shylock character changing state and the main turning point for Shylock was when Jessica left to be with Lorenzo. Before we even get to understand Shylock and Jessicas relationship Jessica says our house is hell and this descriptive metaphor shows how Shylock has no control over his life and she speaks of being ashamed to be his daughter. The understanding that Shylock is more concerned about his valuables than his actual daughter whom he trusts with everything he looses both and this Classic Irony makes the audience feel more sympathy for Shylock. In addition The way Jessica talks about her father embeds the simple idea that he could be a victim because he has know knowledge of her feelings and the conception that Jessica is the only stable being in his life essentially means that her leaving had a huge affect on Shylocks Character. When he discovered she was gone he shouts Oh my daughter! O my ducats! and Shakespeares use of Anaphora exaggerating O which accentuates his distress and heartache and the use of Exclamation marks shows his loss of emotional control over himself; the phrase also connotes how he is grieving for both his daughter and his ducats as they both have O and exclamation mark before each short phrase as if they are worth the same to him. This was the turning point for Shylock as this was when he became more obsessive about his bond and getting revenge on Antonio as he had lost everything. This is shown through Act 3.3 Shylock repeats the word bond 6 times and he speaks in prose displaying how he is consumed by the hunger of revenge and getting his bond which is two of the same thing. This hint of villainy makes other characters more aware of his malicious actions as Antonio comments that he is a villain with a smiling cheek touching on the dark intentions that lie behind many of Shylocks Actions and this idea of Appearance vs. Reality constantly taunts the audience as Shylock can appear as a villain in the play but is really a victim and vice versa.